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Shiite Power Struggle Is Iraq's 'Last Battle'

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In his article "The Last Battle," Michael Gordon, correspondent for The New York Times, writes, "The tug of war among the religious parties and the Shiite tribes has emerged as one of the most-significant but also least-understood aspects of Iraq's political scene."

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